Paracondeellum Yin, Xie & Zhang, 1994

Bu, Yun, Xiong, Yan, Luan, Yun-Xia & Yin, Wen-Ying, 2019, Protura from Hainan Island, China: new species, checklist and distribution, ZooKeys 879, pp. 1-21 : 3

Genus Paracondeellum Yin, Xie & Zhang, 1994

Diagnosis.

Habitus short and robust. Pseudoculi circular without lever. Calyx of maxillary glands globular and smooth. Foretarsal sensilla of the exterior side reduced; interior sensilla b ' absent. Abdominal appendages I–II two-segmented each with four setae, III uni-segmented with two setae. Tergites II–VII without or with few anterior setae. Sternites II–III each with three posterior setae. Sternites IV–VII each with nine posterior setae; sternite VIII with four setae in one row. Female squama genitalis short, with pointed acrostyli ( Yin 1999; Galli et al. 2018).

Distribution.

South China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Hainan).

Remarks.

Paracondeellum Yin, Xie & Zhang, 1994 was originally separated from the genus Condeellum Tuxen, 1963. They have similar shapes of pseudocellus and maxillary gland, and the presence of setae Pc on sternites IV–V, but they can be easily separated by the chaetotaxy of tergite I (seta P5 absent in Paracondeellum but present in Condeellum ) and sternite VIII (four setae in Paracondeellum vs six setae in Condeellum ). In addition, Paracondeellum can be distinguished from the genus Neocondeellum Tuxen & Yin, 1982 by the shape of pseudocellus (posterior lever absent in Paracondeellum but present in Neocondeellum ) and the chaetotaxy of sternites IV–V (setae Pc present in Paracondeellum but absent in Neocondeellum ).